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Article | 4/03/2009 Skype gives away high-quality audio codec

Skype will license a high-quality audio codec in its latest VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software to any developer or vendor free of charge, th...

Article | 2/03/2009 Alaska becomes latest airline with Wi-Fi

Alaska Airlines is the latest carrier to launch in-flight Wi-Fi, offering passengers on a specially equipped Boeing 737 a service that uses satellites...

Article | 2/03/2009 Amazon modifies Kindle text-to-speech feature

Amazon.com will let copyright holders opt out of having their books read aloud on the company's Kindle 2 book reader, in an apparent concession to con...

Article | 21/02/2009 Proposed US law might make Wi-Fi users help cops

A proposed U.S. law would require Internet service providers to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least t...

Article | 20/02/2009 Scientists claim big leap in nanoscale storage

Nanotechnology researchers say they have achieved a breakthrough that could fit the contents of 250 DVDs on a coin-sized surface and might also have i...

Article | 16/02/2009 Qualcomm, HP among new Symbian partners

Hewlett-Packard, News Corp.'s MySpace.com division, Bank of America and even Nokia rival Qualcomm have joined the foundation that was formed last year...

Article | 16/02/2009 Google opens Android store to paid apps

Developers of Android applications finally will be able to charge consumers for them, ending a few months of free Android downloads and potentially ma...

Article | 13/02/2009 Microsoft plans to open its own retail stores, hires Dreamworks exec

Microsoft plans to open its own retail stores to "transform the PC and Microsoft buying experience," the company said Wednesday as it hired an executi...

Article | 12/02/2009 RIM says BlackBerry subscriptions soaring

Research In Motion raised its forecast for subscriber additions in the current quarter but warned its profit will come in near the bottom of its previ...

Article | 31/01/2009 Yahoo's Briefcase to close March 30

Yahoo's Briefcase online storage service, which soldiered on for almost 10 years with a distinctly Web 1.0 capacity of 30MB, is finally being shut dow...

Article | 30/01/2009 Qualcomm posts lower profit, cuts revenue forecast

Qualcomm lowered its revenue estimate and declined to update its earnings forecast as it reported flat revenue and a steep decline in profit for its f...

Article | 21/01/2009 AMD sells handheld chip unit to Qualcomm

Qualcomm has acquired Advanced Micro Devices' handheld chip division for about US$65 million, looking to bring greater multimedia capabilities to hand...

Article | 15/01/2009 SanDisk, LG show MicroSD locked to carrier

SanDisk and LG Electronics on Wednesday demonstrated a specialized MicroSD card that mobile operators could load with content and bundle with a handse...

Article | 15/01/2009 Motorola announces 4,000 more layoffs

Motorola plans to lay off another 4,000 employees, mostly from its Mobile Device business, and to report revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 that w...

Article | 14/01/2009 Bartz wants 'breathing room' for Yahoo

Yahoo has been pushed around by outsiders and needs to chart its own course, incoming CEO Carol Bartz said Tuesday, though she hasn't yet determined w...